

Australopithecus “Lucy” and a juvenile named “Selam,” which predates Lucy by about 100,000 years, were displayed at the Czech National Museum Tuesday.
"Start with 'Nihao' and 'Xiexie.' Even a simple 'Can I take a photo with you?' can take you far in China," said David Evans, professor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology and a recipient of the Chinese Government Friendship Award. Speaking with humor and warmth, he addressed the concerns of international students about cultural differences at the 2025 "Dialogues with Youth, Progress with China" International Experts Roundtable Meeting, drawing waves of applause.

Moscow Zoo on Sunday celebrated the second birthday of Katyusha, the first giant panda born in Russia.

This summer, the rise of guzi culture, led by trending character Labubu, has sparked a wave of emotional spending. A mint-colored Labubu figure fetched 1.08 million yuan ($150,540) at auction, while licensed trading card company Kayou reported annual net profit of 4.4 billion yuan.
China's capital city Beijing aims to significantly enhance research into and high-tech public display of its cultural relics by 2035, according to a newly released city plan.
China's Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui (first from right) and other guests look at cultural relics in the collection of the Russian National Library on Aug 14.And the Far Eastern State Scientific Library (Russia) and Capital Library of China (Beijing) forged a partnership to expand resource sharing and joint research.

Renowned Taiwanese singer Qian Bai-hui passed away at 62 in Beijing in the early hours of Tuesday due to illness, according to a notice released by singer Huang An.
It features the World Intelligence Expo, the Luban Workshop, and the China–Europe Railway Express, underscoring the city's drive to foster global dialogue and cooperation. Liu Tingyu contributed to this story.
China has endured its second-hottest sanfu period on record this year, and forecasters warn that high temperatures will persist in the south even though the period has ended.
From a young age, Bai Lan, 71, has been involved in the traditional practice of Zanhua — the craft of pinning a colorful floral accessory headdress — in Quanzhou, East China's Fujian province.


The China National Tourist Office New York held a "Nihao! China" Tourism Promotion Reception on Tuesday at New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts. The reception was hosted in cooperation with the Silkroad Ensemble, with the aim of highlighting the power of music and cultural exchanges in inspiring travel and fostering mutual understanding between China and the United States.
Every summer, tiny white flowers quietly bloom across the surface of Lugu Lake. Their botanical name is ottelia acuminata, a plant extremely sensitive to its environment – only the clearest, purest waters can nurture its delicate existence.
In 1942, off the coast of China's Dongji Island, a real-life shipwreck turned into a brutal experiment in human nature, laying bare the extremes of cruelty and compassion. The incident exposed the war crimes of the Japanese military and the unflinching kindness of Chinese fishermen – two choices so starkly opposed that you can still feel the shock eight decades later.
Young representatives from 13 countries gathered in Shanghai to launch a program focused on developing sustainable approaches to preserving agricultural heritage systems.

The UAE has set a model in leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to integrate the Arabic language and its cultural heritage into the digital sphere, boosting its regional and global presence as a language capable of meeting future demands.

China registered 13.28 million new market entities in the first half, with private and foreign-invested firms maintaining steady momentum and cultural industries posting the fastest growth, the State Administration for Market Regulation said on Tuesday.
From July 14 to 19, a group of 13 students and faculty members from Tsinghua University traveled to the Czech Republic and Austria for a cultural and academic exchange.
As visitors from across the world marvel at the colossal temples at the Karnak Temple Complex in Luxor, Egypt, astounded by the ingenious architectural talent of the ancient Egyptians, a team of archaeologists from China and Egypt are quietly working at a more remote area in the north of the 4,000-year-old complex on the excavation of another important temple — the Temple of Montu.
The River Seine, Paris's most iconic waterway, is no longer just for postcards and boat tours." For months before the 2024 Games, newspapers and satirists mocked the plan, with headlines warning about bacteria, heavy rain runoff, and the risk of an embarrassing "swim in sewage".

This article brings the classic Chinese literature to the fingertips of global audiences.
Fireworks, born to burn bright yet fated to vanish, leave behind the glow of an enduring memory, that, like the discussion about the Chengdu World Games' opening ceremony on Aug 7, lingers on — with viewers awestruck by the breathtaking beauty, and moved by the symbolism, of the pyrotechnic extravaganza.

A century after French linguist Francois-Marie Savina chronicled Hainan's Li ethnic culture, artificial intelligence now enables a groundbreaking cross-cultural dialogue, illustrating how technology is transforming cultural preservation.

More than 2,000 bamboo-woven medal boxes for the 12th World Games have been successfully delivered, Qingshen Yunhua Bamboo Tourism Co. in Sichuan Province announced Wednesday.

Audience members enjoy a live performance at an intimate venue on April 13. The China Association of Performing Arts says comedy performances are seeing the largest attendance growth at smaller venues nationwide.Nearly four years later, she is one of the most popular stand-up comedians in China, touring the country and appearing in popular internet comedy shows.
Tibetan antelopes cross a highway in the Hoh Xil National Nature Reserve in Qinghai province.The idea to develop traffic lights for antelope migration in the Hoh Xil National Nature Reserve had been brewing in the minds of scientists for two decades.

In 2000, when Xi was governor of the province, he coordinated the application work and suggested using the term "Fujian Tulou" in the application process. Fujian Tulou became a World Heritage site in 2008.
A great deal of effort has been made to promote the site and its value, as elements from Gaomiao have been widely applied in local tourist development.For example, a creative zone featuring white pottery from Gaomiao has been established not far from the site, where visitors can participate in cultural-experience activities like making pottery.
BEIJING - The World Youth Conference for Peace was held in Beijing on Tuesday.This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the World Anti-Fascist War and the founding of the United Nations.
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